Ephesians 2:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Once we were also ruled by the selfish desires of our bodies and minds. We had made God angry, and we were going to be punished like everyone else.

Cross References

Genesis 5:3

When Adam was one hundred and thirty, he had a son who was just like him, and he named him Seth. Adam had more children

Genesis 6:5

The LORD saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Job 14:4

There's no way a human can be completely pure.

Job 25:4

How can anyone be innocent in the sight of God?

Psalm 51:5

I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us were like sheep that had wandered off. We had each gone our own way, but the LORD gave him the punishment we deserved.

Mark 4:19

But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

John 1:13

They were not God's children by nature or because of any human desires. God himself was the one who made them his children.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.

Acts 14:16

In times past, God let each nation go its own way.

Romans 1:24

So God let these people go their own way. They did what they wanted to do, and their filthy thoughts made them do shameful things with their bodies.

Romans 11:30

At one time you Gentiles rejected God. But now Israel has rejected God, and you have been shown mercy.

Romans 13:14

Let the Lord Jesus Christ be as near to you as the clothes you wear. Then you won't try to satisfy your selfish desires.

Romans 2:14

Some people naturally obey the Law's commands, even though they don't have the Law.

Romans 5:10

Even when we were God's enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by his Son's life.

Romans 5:9

But there is more! Now that God has accepted us because Christ sacrificed his life's blood, we will also be kept safe from God's anger.

Romans 6:12

Don't let sin rule your body. After all, your body is bound to die, so don't obey its desires

Romans 7:18

I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot.

Romans 9:22

God wanted to show his anger and reveal his power against everyone who deserved to be destroyed. But instead, he patiently put up with them.

1 Corinthians 4:7

What is so special about you? What do you have that you were not given? And if it was given to you, how can you boast?

2 Corinthians 7:1

My friends, God has made us these promises. So we should stay away from everything that keeps our bodies and spirits from being clean. We should honour God and try to be completely like him.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 2:2

You followed the ways of this world and obeyed the devil. He rules the world, and his spirit has power over everyone who doesn't obey God.

Ephesians 4:22

You were told that your foolish desires will destroy you and that you must give up your old way of life with all its bad habits.

Colossians 1:21

You used to be far from God. Your thoughts made you his enemies, and you did evil things.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

My friends, we want you to understand how it will be for those followers who have already died. Then you won't grieve over them and be like people who don't have any hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Others may sleep, but we should stay awake and be alert.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to be rich fall into all sorts of temptations and traps. They are caught by foolish and harmful desires that drag them down and destroy them.

Titus 3:3

We used to be stupid, disobedient, and foolish, as well as slaves of all sorts of desires and pleasures. We were evil and jealous. Everyone hated us, and we hated everyone.

1 Peter 1:14

Behave like obedient children. Don't let your lives be controlled by your desires, as they used to be.

2 Peter 2:14

All they think about is having sex with someone else's husband or wife. There is no end to their wicked deeds. They trick people who are easily fooled, and their minds are filled with greedy thoughts. But they are headed for trouble!

2 Peter 2:18

They boast out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

1 John 2:16

Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father.

1 John 2:8

But it really is a new commandment, and you know its true meaning, just as Christ does. You can see the darkness fading away and the true light already shining.